David getlesoe



(No Model.)

D. GETLESON.

BOTTLE SAFE.

No. 359,438. Patented Mar. 15,- 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

DAVID GETLESON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BOTTLE-SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,438, dated March15, 1887.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, DAVID GETLEsoN', of the city and county of SanFrancisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Safesfor Bottles; and I hereby declare the fol lowing to be a full, clear,and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a safe for bottles, or means for incasiug andprotecting the same for transportation, and a means for allowing it tobe removed from its safe and protecting envelope for the purpose ofwashing and cleansing or examining and filling it, all of which will bemore fully described by reference to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a view showing the bottle within its safe. Fig.2shows the safe opened and the bottle or demijohn removed therefrom.

Demijohns and bottles are usually made of various sizes, of glass, andin order to protect them to a certain extent from breakage they areincased in woven wicker-work, and in some cases demij ohns have beeninclosed in exterior woodencases, the upper part of which might be opento obtain access to the mouth of the demijoh'n only; hutin both of thesecases itis impossible to get at the interior of the demijohn andascertain whether it is perfectly clean, or to discover any cracks orflaws in the glass.

In my invention, A is the demijohn or bottle, which is made of glass,and B is an exterior safe of wood, having a top and bottom made ofgrooved material, so that when the safes are stacked up they will standmore The interior upper portion of the safe is re-enforcedby transversestrips of wood 0 upon the sides and top,

and around the bottom I have shown guidingstrips D, between which thebottom board or support, E, for the demijohn may be made to slide. Thisbottom board has a chamber or depression formed in its upper surface ofsuch a shape as to receive the bottom of the'demijohn, and is providedwith an elastic packing,

' upon which the bottom of the demijohn sits,

being retained centrally upon I this bottom board and protected frominjury in this mannor.

by any suitable means, tule or other porous or elastic material-such asis used for protecting WVithin the safe, upon three sides, I fix,

glassware for transportation-and the corners are filled with largermasses or pillars, so as to approximately shape the interior of the safeto the form of the bottle or dcmijohn to be contained therein.

F is a cylindrical wrapper, made of tule, straw, or other elasticpacking material,which is stitched together, having the upper and loweredges securely bound, as shown, so as to make a hollow cylinder of justsufficient size to slip over the bottle or demijohn and rest upon thefalse or sliding bottom E, so that the whole may be pushed into the safefrom one side, and be held securely between the walls with their elasticpacking.

G is a piece of board having a hole made through the center, so as toslip down over the neck of the bottle or demijohn centrally to set itwithin the safe.

H is a door which forms one side of the safe, having hinges at thebottom and a spring lock orcatch at the top, as shown at I. Upon each ofthe sides of the safe, near the top, are pins J, and correspondingdepressions or holes are made in the door, which close against thesepins, thus holding it firmly and steadily in place.

If desired, the door may be also fastened by nails or screws temporarilyfor transportation; or it may be simply fastened by the spring or otherlock, as may be desired.

By this construction the bottles or demijohns may be made of any desiredsize, and without exterior wicker or woven cover, so that they may beexamined to see whether there are any cracks or flaws. Where they havebeen employed for wines of different colors and characters, andespecially for red wines, where a sediment is apt to become incrustedaround the bottom,which would afterward change the color and spoil theflavor of white wine or light wines that may be afterward placed in thesame demijohn, it will be possible to thoroughly cleanse the demijohnbefore it is used and be sure that it is clean.

In use the demij ohn is filled, corked, the exterior elastic case isslipped over it, it is set into the false bottom E, and the guide-pieceis put about the neck of the demijohn. The whole is then slipped intothe safe and the door closed up, being secured by the spring or othermeans of fastening. The safe will then be ready for transportation.

In order to protect the side of the bottle next the door, I preferablyemploya separate packing material, K, which is fitted upon that side,and has an enlargement or corner pieces similar to those in the oppositeside of the safe, so that when the door is closed the bottle or demijohnis retained within the safe between the elastic walls, which will makeit impossible to break it. There being no projecting screws or lugs fromeither side of the safe, it is possible to pack these safes in a car orother place very closely without any lost room.

By reason of the fluted top and bottom, the safes will standlnorefirinly than if made plain. In order to handle these safesconveniently, I have made handlioles upon each side, which pass throughthe outer thickness of the wood, but not through the inner supplementalor stud pieces, 0, before described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The exterior safe having the hinged door, lock, and handles, asshown, in combination with the sliding removable bottom chambered toreceive the bottom of the demijohn, and the perforated top piece toreceive the neck of the demijohn and guide it so that the whole may beslipped into or outof the safe when the door is opened, substantially asherein described.

2. The exterior safe having the fixed packing fitted to its sides, anelastic socket or chamber to receive the bottom of the demijohn, and aguide-plate centrally perforated to receive the neck of the demijohn, incombination with a supplemental cylindrical removable packing fitted tothe dcmijohn, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereofI have hereunto set my hand.

DAVID GETLESON.

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